Heidmar Maritime (NASDAQ:HMR – Get Free Report) and Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK – Get Free Report) are both small-cap transportation companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Heidmar Maritime and Genco Shipping & Trading”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Heidmar Maritime | $27.66 million | 2.34 | $1.91 million | $0.01 | 111.00 |
| Genco Shipping & Trading | $423.02 million | 1.92 | $76.40 million | ($0.17) | -110.44 |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of current ratings for Heidmar Maritime and Genco Shipping & Trading, as provided by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Heidmar Maritime | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Genco Shipping & Trading | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.25 |
Heidmar Maritime presently has a consensus price target of $5.00, indicating a potential upside of 350.45%. Genco Shipping & Trading has a consensus price target of $21.00, indicating a potential upside of 11.85%. Given Heidmar Maritime’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Heidmar Maritime is more favorable than Genco Shipping & Trading.
Profitability
This table compares Heidmar Maritime and Genco Shipping & Trading’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Heidmar Maritime | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Genco Shipping & Trading | -2.14% | -0.62% | -0.53% |
Institutional and Insider Ownership
58.6% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Genco Shipping & Trading shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Heidmar Maritime beats Genco Shipping & Trading on 7 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Heidmar Maritime
Heidmar Maritime Holdings Corp. provides commercial and pool management services to the dry bulk, crude oil, and refined petroleum product tanker markets worldwide. It offers tanker pool and commercial management, dry bulk pool and commercial management, and fuel services. The company also operates a platform to invest in tanker or drybulk vessels offering a range of customized services for the investor, as well as engages in the sale and purchase of second-hand vessels and newbuilds in the tanker and drybulk sectors. In addition, it develops and operates eFleetWatch, a digital platform in the commercial management space, which provides pool partners with access to the data that they require for their own reporting and monitoring of their vessels. The company was founded in 1984 and is based in Piraeus, Greece.
About Genco Shipping & Trading
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd. is an international ship owning company, which engages in the transportation of iron ore, coal, grain, bauxite, steel products, and other drybulk cargoes. It operates through the Major Bulk and Minor Bulk segments. The Major Bulk segment focuses on Capesize vessels. The Minor Bulk segment consists of Ultramax and Supramax vessels. The company was founded on September 27, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
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